ASIC, hard-pressed for funding and resources, has embarked on a costly exercise aimed at determining the quality of retirement advice at a time when the underlying rules ...

The provision of financial advice with respect to MySuper is not entirely off the agenda, according to the chairman of the Government’s Stronger Super peak consultative g...

In its pre-Budget submission to the Federal Government, the Financial Planning Association called on the Government to implement a range of initiatives to support the cur...

Colonial First State makes sure the Government is fully aware of its low-fee changes to FirstChoice....

CFS has revamped its FirstChoice Wholesale platform to offer fees lower than industry funds....

The superannuation market offers more choice than ever for consumers looking to build a retirement nest egg, but exercising the right strategies can make a world of diffe...

The new lobbying group AusFIN may present a united front for consumer groups and the industry super funds, but Mike Taylor writes that a closer look at its members reveal...

The Federal Opposition has declared it will be opposing a compulsory lifting of the superannuation guarantee....

Another round of research aimed at defining the attitudes of financial planners appears to have confirmed the existence of a generational divide on some of the key questi...

ASFA urges Government to separate the lifting of the super guarantee from implementing a Minerals Resource Rent Tax....

Russell Investments has launched a new after-tax fund that promises to enhance returns for superannuation investors through a more 'sophisticated' approach than those cur...

Industry funds are likely to encounter cost challenges as they seek to implement their advice strategies....

Representatives of some financial planning industry bodies have expressed anger over the lack of planner representation on the newly formed Stronger Super Peak Consultati...

ASFA calls for nationally mandated data payment standards, with TFN use just the first step....